Emily de Molly LE 95
LE (Limited Edition) 95 was released in April this year by Australian indie polish maker Emily de Molly, one of four LEs released that month. It's described as "a dark grey holo with subtle gold and copper shimmer and flakes." The color is indeed a silky dark grey with gentle blue and purple undertones, similar to gunmetal. It has the finely-grained visual texture that you see in holographic polishes, with a dimensional blue-violet heart in ambient light. Tiny gleaming microflake shimmers are clearly visible on close inspection -- their reflectivity gives them a silvery look against the dark grey and I think they impart a transparent silvery sheen to the look of the polish on the nail. In the sun, there's a gorgeous fully-linear prismatic display predominated by azure.
Application was lovely. The consistency of LE 95 is fluid, light and smooth with the thin-to-medium viscosity that I love and a buttery, self-leveling slip over the nail. Pigmentation is very good, delivering evenly opaque coverage in two coats. The shimmers like to stick to the nail, but cleanup is otherwise straightforward. LE 95 dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not interfere with the holographic effects in any way.
Photos show two coats of LE 95 over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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If you like dark greys, this is a beautiful one, elegant and sleek on the nail with a touch of indie flavor from the scattered gleaming microflake shimmers and the transparent silvery sheen they seem to generate.
As you can see, I'm back to shorties again following a bad break on my swatching hand at the end of last month. *sad star!* Seems as though I had, like, YEARS (not entirely true, but it feels like it in retrospect) of continuously long nails until last fall. Since then, every two or three months I'll get one of those below-the-nail-line breaks/tears on that left hand. For some reason, I find it more difficult to paint and photograph nail polish with shorties. Luckily, my polish enthusiasm does not diminish with the length of my nails.
Continued apologies for the sporadic posting. Fuzzy has been in rehab following her 15 May knee replacement surgery and will be coming home tomorrow. She's walking well with a walker but is not allowed to drive until the beginning of July. She'll need some extra support around the house and I'll be running all of her errands and ferrying her to physical therapy several times a week, so I anticipate that you still won't be seeing very much of me here during June. I miss posting -- my days feel a little discombobulated without it.
love,
Liz
Is it odd that I don't like buying polishes without names? Hmm.
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well! I think your nails are still a great length. xx
I get that, lasoti!
DeleteWhen I buy it's always with an eye to sharing it on the blog and I don't usually buy unnamed, limited edition polishes. That said, Hayley does release some really pretty LEs that are hard to resist. I'm a sucker for holos, reds, bold pinks, blues, greys....
I like blogging about polishes that are available for a decent window of time. If a reader happens to like what they see they can get it without having to resort to the secondary market. Polish Pickup offerings are an exception to this, but Polish Pickup posts seem to generate a lot of traffic here from Facebook, which is always gratifying to see.
Things are going well here with Fuzzy. Getting into bed has been a little dicey, but she seems to have no problem navigating the house with her walker. I am studying how to make transporting things more practical -- bags, baskets, trays, etc. I think she would love it most if I could whip something together using stuff we already have, but I'm not quite handy enough to do that!
Thank you for appreciating my shorties!